Essay on King Hsiao’s Reforms of Qin by Zak St Clair Qin became the dominant power in Feudal China through a range of reforms that were put in place by King Hsiao to give itself an advantage over other states. These reforms include the reformation of the state into districts, the introduction of meritocratic principles, general infrastructural improvements and additions and the introduction of steel weaponry. King Hsiao reformed the state into districts, known as hsien. These hsien were administered by an official who was appointed by and responsible to the king. This let King Hsiao have tighter control over the state and also helped him in keeping a close eye on the happenings of the state in an organized manner, leading to a decrease in crime and an easier implementation of laws, which is supported by Ssu-ma’s writings in the Shih Chi, “By the end of ten years the Qin people were acquiescent.
Monsterbuffalo Professor James Brooks Jessup History 116D 20 November 2011 New Money Acts Funny Having been left behind by the rest of the industrializing world, China in the late nineteenth century quickly saw the need to position itself once again in the realm of world powers. Following a long period of struggle against foreign powers, differing governing parties and ideologies, and even against its own classes, China finally began its road to becoming a leading world power through the capitalistic reforms that took place after the end of the Great Cultural Revolution in 1976. While the Gross National Product and the standards of living saw incredible leaps, the gap between the wealthiest percentage of the population and the average poor remained the same, if not further widened. On top of this booming economic progression, China's society as a whole experienced the clash of technological advancement and an evolving social standard. As a result of the capitalistic economic reforms, the change of the social norm could not keep up with the pace of quickly advancing technology, resulting in a society rich with capability and resources, but lacking the social progression to realize its potential.
Under the Han Dynasty, China made great advances in many areas of the arts and sciences. Also started trading connections between China and the West, along the Silk Road. This time period has been greatly romanticized in works such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The Sui Dynasty, which managed to reunite the country in 589 after nearly four centuries of political fragmentation. China together again and set up many institutions that
CAC China Between the years 500 and 1750, China’s involvement in trade and decisions regarding global trade greatly affected their economy. China has always participated in local trade amongst Chinese societies, however new technologies brought change in the trading system and the people the Chinese traded with. There were also time periods of isolation from other countries that were established in order to have less western influence. Transitions with new rulers, advancements in technologies, and expansion of their empire caused for Chinese economic growth or continuance. Many foreign invaders tried to conquer the empires of China for thousands of years, one of which was actually successful.
Along with the “working class” came the rights of men during work, like for example the limit of daily working hours, and the breaks a worker must have between its hours of work. Britain would be the perfect example of letting the economy be their driving force in their empire. Britain had years of experience in Imperialism. When “creating an empire” started to get popular around Europe, Britain had already a large empire, which gave them more military power. Britain was remarkable for the freedom it provided for private enterprise.
The most revolutionary case was that of ‘idleness’ and ‘disease’ where the revolutionary change within ‘squalor’ was limited. The giant of Idleness overall was slayed successfully by Labour and was arguably the most revolutionary change of the five. The main cause for Labour’s success was for their new approach to dealing with the economy and unemployment. Labour followed the policies of John Maynard Keynes, the basic principles of Keynesian Economics is when Unemployment starts to rise, the government must invest more money back into the economy to create more jobs resulting in greater economic activity. The government can be seen to be doing this through the vast amount of Council house’s that were built.
Qin Shi Huang’s greatest achievement was unifying China. He ended the opposition among the independent kingdoms during the Warring States Period, unifying China, however to achieve unification he had to centralize power and standardize administration, law, language, and weights and measures which improved the economy. Supported by intelligent and inventive advisors, Yingzheng carried out a series of improvements to develop agriculture and the military, and he rose rapidly in that period. During his reign he accomplished settling internal rebellions, and, managed to unify the other six states. He led the Chinese State of Qin to conquer Han, Zhao, Yan, Wei, Chu and Qi.
The legalists believed that having an efficient and strong government would bring social order. An ideal ruler in the legalists mind was someone who used law to keep order and rewarded those who carried out their roles in society correctly. Also the ruler should punish those who were noncompliant. One distinguished leader of the Qin and legalist rule was Shi Huangdi who defeated all the opposition that came his way. He stopped anyone who wished to invade China and subsequently doubled the size of China.
Mongols: Nomads and fierce warriors from Central Asia north of China. Lesson Notes: Tang dynasty brought a golden age of politics and culture, and China grew in area and population. Their ruler (Tang) achievements: 1. He used Confucius’s ideas to change the government and hired officials trained on that idea. 2.
Oliver Cromwell became the most important general on the Parliamentarian side and Prince Rupert on the Royalist side. Oliver Cromwell was famous for his well thought out tactics and his well disciplined army, where as Rupert, the kings nephew, made decisions without thinking them through and was not always in full control of his men. Before the war, Oliver Cromwell was worrying whether or not his army would want to fight the king because in those days it was said that the king is Gods representative. The king also had much more money because he was supported by some very wealthy men, so he had more money. However, as the war went on, the king’s money dwindled away, and Parliament raised taxes, therefore they had more money than the king.